Tag: fiction

Suzy Swamphen has never heard of the Life Magic and doesn’t know she is part of a Tribe. But her life is changed forever when Pip the Squirrel Glider and Roo the Kangaroo arrive at Second Lagoon, seeking help to save Pip’s bushland home. Stories from the Wildworld started out as a narrative, non-fiction book about...

‘Sometimes people ask me,’ said the Blue Gum*, ‘Don’t you mind when the termites hollow out your innards, your limbs drop, the parrots chew your skin to make new holes, the moths and beetles tunnel into your wood, and the cicadas suck your sap?’ ‘Yes, I sometimes wonder that,’ said the Squirrel Glider. ‘And I...

Children’s books have always been a big part of my life – as a child (unsurprisingly) and as an adult. Literary studies at university enhanced my love for new and wonderful stories, whilst my appreciation for some of the classics was reignited. Australian children’s literature is a unique genre. With a wide range of illustrators...